586249 - Format objects printed to WebConsole output

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 598357

(DevTools :: General, defect)

Description

[Julian Viereck]

Currently when an object is printed to the WebConsole output it looks like [object Object] due to the fact that the .toString() method is uses. Also, arrays don't look like arrays, strings don't look like strings and functions use the toString() method instead of the toSource() method.

Let's make objects look like "Object {...}", strings like '"foo"', arrays like "[ 1, 2, 3]" and functions use the toSource() function.

Assign to me as I've got a (unrebased) patch for this in my mq.

Comment 1

[Kevin Dangoor]

Julian: please attach whatever patch you have to this bug and someone else can pick it up in the coming weeks. Thanks!

Comment 2

[Julian Viereck]

Attachment: Patch v1

Adds some new functions to the JSTerm object to print objects to the output more "formated".

Comment 3

[Julian Viereck]

Attachment: Patch v1.1

New patch that fixed the RegExp used to get the object name to work with debug builds as well. Fixed this in the PropertyPanel.jsm as well.

Comment 4

[Julian Viereck]

Depends on bug 583476 (WebConsole fails to activate when window.console is already defined). This bug is necessary as otherwise the jsterm object on the hud object is undefined after page reload.

Comment 5

[Kevin Dangoor]

bug 598357 is taking care of a bunch of formatting issues with console output.